Salisbury sophomore Steven Lozada finished his second season as a pole vaulter by earning a silver medal at last week’s Colonial League Track and Field Championships.

Lozada was seeded fourth in the event with a season-best height of 11 feet, 4 inches. He increased that by over a foot at leagues, which was held last Tuesday and Wednesday at Whitehall High School.

With a goal of reaching 12 feet at the championship meet, Lozada got his opportunity when he cleared 11-9 on his second attempt and the bar was raised by six inches.

“Goal was to get 12,” he said. “The way it went, I landed at 12-3 instead of going at 12. Then once we got 12-3 we went to 12-6 and we got that.

“It was really good to PR twice.”

Senior Mitchell Davis of Saucon Valley won the event at 14-0, while Pen Argyl senior Scott Lamareaux was third at 11-9.

Lozada began pole vaulting just over a year ago when Falcon pole vault coach Alex Hess recommended he give it a try.

“He convinced me to pole vault last year,” said Lozada. “It was just a thrill. It’s a thrill to keep getting better and go higher in the air. It’s just on you. That’s how track is.”

Lozada made leagues as a freshman but didn’t make a height at the meet in 2023. He trained in the offseason at Philly Jumps Club and became one of the top pole vaulters in the league this year with two more seasons left in his high school career.

“Next year trying to get 13 feet and trying to be close to 14 by the end of the year,” he said of his future goals.

While he would be among the favorites to earn a medal at this week’s District 11 Championships, a family trip will prevent Lozada from competing this week when he could attempt to qualify for the state championship meet.

Lozada also placed third in triple jump at leagues, leaping 42 feet, 1/4 inch for a medal, which went to the top four finishers in each event.

Salisbury’s Jairo Suarez, a league medalist in hurdles last year, finished just off the medal stand in fifth place last week in the 110-meter hurdles. The senior ran a 15.75 in the finals after a time of 17.15 in prelims.

The Salisbury High School track and field teams’ regular season came to an abrupt on Tuesday, April 30 as the last meet on the schedule was shortened due to storms moving through Slatington during the meet at Northern Lehigh High School.

The meet was permanently suspended with the Falcons falling to Northern Lehigh and Notre Dame Green Pond.

The Falcon boys team lost 48 1/2-241/2 to the Bulldogs and 61-12 to the Crusaders. The Salisbury girls team fell 51-29 to Northern Lehigh and 73-17 to Notre Dame.

Kendra Morgan (100) and Paige Ziegenfus (pole vault) won events for the Falcons at the meet.

GIRLS

No. Lehigh 51, Salisbury 29

Notre Dame GP 73, Salisbury 17

100

- 1. Kendra Morgan (S) 13.1, 2. Olivia Protheroe (NDGP), 3. Angelina Perrucci (NDGP), Samantha Fanelli (NDGP), 5. Maddie Husack (NL);

400

- 1. Emily Lessig (NDGP) 1:02.3, 2. Ella Schweitzer (NDGP), 3. Natalie Moffitt (NL), 4. Mikayla Gordon (NL), 5. Sharon Turley (NDGP);

1600

- 1. Olivia Schweitzer (NDGP) 5:38.1, 2. Emily Batten (S), 3. Katherine Koons (NDGP), 4. Emma Heil (NL), 5. Jordyn Harper (NDGP);

100H

- 1. Savina Steele (NDGP) 15.6, 2. Evelina Mayak (NL), 3. Vasiliki Tsirukis (NDGP), Isabella Santos (NDGP), 5. Denali Cintron (NDGP), Naudia Ali (NDGP), Dekota Barthold (NL);

300H

- 1. Savina Steele (NDGP) 46.3, 2. Linnea Crouch (NDGP), 3. Emma Yakaitis (S), 4. Denali Cintron (NDGP), 5. Isabella Santos (NDGP);

400 relay

- 1. Notre Dame Green Pond 55.5;

3200 relay

- 1. Notre Dame Green Pond (Brenna Hammerstone, Lauren Bower, Samantha Karwacki, Talia Fogel) 13:20.7, 2. Salisbury (Monique Calderon, Lydia Fogel, Soledad Lausch, Shelby Tenzer);

High jump

- 1. Ella Schweitzer (NDGP) 5-4, 2. Morgan Smith (NL), 3. Ava Coulter (NDGP), 4. Meghan Maslonka (NDGP);

Pole vault

- 1. Paige Ziegenfus (S) 7-9, 2. Alexandra Miller (S);

Shot put

- 1. Juliana Shelly (NDGP) 30-7.5, 2. Sarah Zambo (NDGP), 3. Dekota Barthold (NL), 4. Daisy Richards (NL), 5. Evelyn Hersh (NDGP);

Javelin

- 1. Dekota Barthold (NL) 89-5, 2. Samantha Mack (NL), 3. Samantha Fanelli (NDGP), 4. Jenna Petrik (NDGP), -5. Gabriella Hanna (NL).

BOYS

No. Lehigh 48 1/2, Salisbury 24 1/2

Notre Dame 61, Salisbury 12

100

- 1. Alex Clark (NDGP) 10.9, 2. Chris Frame (NL), 3. Jacob Cadet (S), 4. Alexander Pirog (NDGP), 5. Grady Newhard (NL);

400

- 1. Abraham Sasso (NDGP) 50.7, 2. Saleem Diakite (NDGP), 3. Alexander Pirog (NDGP), 4. Michael Maslonka (NDGP), 5. Ryan Horn (NDGP);

1600

- 1. Roman Perrucci (NDGP) 5:07.4, 2. Dante Azzolina (NDGP), 3. Emerson Juhasz (S), 4. Sebastian Chen (NDGP), 5. Reece Johnson (NDGP);

110H

- 1. Joseph Phillips (NDGP) 14.8, 2. Demarcus Klotz (NDGP), 3. Cade Santos (NDGP), 4. Skyler Loos (NL), 5. Ethan Moore (NL);

400 relay

- 1. Notre Dame Green Pond (Alex Clark, Saleem Diakite, Alexander Pirog, James Wisecarver) 44.3, 2. Northern Lehigh;

3200 relay

- 1. Notre Dame Green Pond (Abraham Sasso, Alec Miner, Jake Mattes, Michael Maslonka) 9:40.9, 2. Salisbury (Emerson Juhasz, Jaydien Kennedy, Michael Heitzer, Gregory Tenzer);

Long jump

- 1. Jacob Cadet (S) 20-0.5, 2. Sean Thompson (NDES), 3. Pablo Reyes (S), 4. Aaron Gordon (NDGP), 5. James Wisecarver (NDGP);

Shot put

- 1. Adrian Pirog (NDGP) 46-8, 2. Joshua Scherer (NDGP), 3. John-Paul Pierce (NDGP), 4. Sam Frame (NL), 5. Landon Moll (NL);

Javelin

- 1. Bailey Smith (NL) 147-3, 2. Adrian Pirog (NDGP), 3. Dainn Vassallo (NDGP), Dainin Vassallo (NDGP), 5. John Licari (NDGP).